PS Classics to Record THE STORY OF MY LIFE for June Release

The producers of THE STORY OF MY LIFE and record label PS CLASSICS announced today that they will collaborate on an original cast recording of the Broadway production, set for March 13th. Producer Chase Mishkin said "I'm thrilled that the wonderful Will Chase and Malcolm Gets will go into the studio to preserve this score as only they can. I hope this gives audiences in the US and around the world a chance to discover a fresh writing team in Neil Bartram and Brian Hill". Tommy Krasker, co-founder of PS Classics and producer of the recording, anticipates a June 2nd release.

THE STORY OF MY LIFE cast album will feature Will Chase (Rent, Aida, The Full Monty) and Tony Award nominee Malcolm Gets (Amour, Merrily We Roll Along, "Caroline in the City"), in this story about friendship, success and the choices we make at the turning points in our lives. THE STORY OF MY LIFE is written by Neil Bartram (score) and Brian Hill (book) and was directed by Tony Award winner Richard Maltby, Jr. (Ain't Misbehavin', Song & Dance ). The orchestrations are by Tony, Emmy, Grammy and Academy Award winner Jonathan Tunick (A Chorus Line, Follies, Company, Into the Woods).

The show played on Broadway this season at the Booth Theatre and was presented by Chase Mishkin, Jack M. Dalgleish, Bud Martin and Carole L. Haber in association with Chunsoo Shin.

Will Chase has appeared on Broadway in High Fidelity, Lennon, Aida, The Full Monty, Miss Saigon and most recently as Roger in the final cast of Rent. He has been seen Off-Broadway in Don't Quit Your Night Job and on the national tour of Miss Saigon. Regional credits include Valentin in Kiss of the Spider Woman (Signature Theatre/Helen Hayes Award), Captain Crewe in Andrew Lippa's A Little Princess (TheatreWorks/Palo Alto), Curly in Oklahoma! with Kelli O'Hara (Oklahoma Lyric), Sid in The Pajama Game (Muny St. Louis), Assassins, Electra and Mame (Jeff Award nom.). Film: Four Single Fathers, Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway, Everyday People (HBO), Shaft. On television Will has made guest appearances on "Cupid," "Rescue Me," "Law & Order," "Canterbury's Law," "Conviction," "Queen's Supreme," "Third Watch," "Fling," "As the World Turns," "Guiding Light" and "All My Children." He can be heard on the original Broadway cast recording of High Fidelity and on This Ordinary Thursday: The Songs of Georgia Stitt. As a classically trained conductor and percussionist, Will studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with Michael Rosen and Atlanta Symphony's Robert Spano and has worked with such classical music luminaries as Lorin Maazel, John Adams, Gunther Schuller and the late John Cage.

Malcolm Gets' New York Theater credits include: Amour (Tony and Drama Desk nominations); A New Brain; Merrily We Roll Along (Drama Desk nomination, Obie Award); The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Obie); Hello, Again; Boys and Girls; Finian's Rainbow; Polish Joke; Juno; and The Boys From Syracuse and The Apple Tree, both for the Encores! Series. He was Richard, the tortured artist, on NBC's "Caroline in the City." Films include "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing," "Love in the Time of Money," "Adam and Steve," "Sex and the City," and the soon to be released "Grey Gardens." He is currently recording his first solo CD, The Journey Home, with John McDaniel for PS Classics

Founded in 2000 by Tommy Krasker & Philip Chaffin, and a four-time Grammy nominee (for its cast recordings of Nine-the musical, Assassins, Grey Gardens, and Company), PS CLASSICS has helped preserve the heritage of American popular song through its critically acclaimed cast recordings; solo albums by such luminaries as Maureen McGovern, Victoria Clark and Jessica Molaskey; and recordings drawn from rare sound archives, including Sondheim Sings. Upcoming releases include Steven Pasquale's debut album Somethin' Like Love, the Off-Broadway cast recording of Road Show (with Nonesuch Records), and the debut album by The Story of My Life star Malcolm Gets, The Journey Home.

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